The Latest in Mother Batie

Dear Friends,I couldn’t let this year end without writing to you to share my gratitude for such an extraordinary year. You have been loyal fans, generous supporters, and truly good friends.Thank you for embracing The Time Keeper–publishing a new book is always...

She always stood tall, even when sitting in a wheelchair, and when they rolled her through her soup kitchen, everyone looked up. That’s how you felt when you spoke to her, like you were looking up. And that’s how she lived her life. Maude Batie is gone....

We are sad to report that Maude “Mother” Batie, founder of the United Sisters of Charity, passed away on Sunday of heart failure. We lost a wonderful woman who, at 83, was still running the soup kitchen she started just 40 years ago.We first met Mother...

Last fall, through The Heart of Detroit and a stirring article in the Free Press, Mitch introduced us to Mother Maude Batie. A pillar of the community, she has been serving hot meals to those in need for over 40 years. And today, with the help of local...

It’s time to report back.This year, in this column space, we made efforts to help those less fortunate by starting or boosting several charities.I wrote their stories. You came to their aid.Here’s progress you should be proud of:Mother Batie’s Soup...

PROJECT: The United Sisters of Charity is a Soup Kitchen founded in 1974 by (Mother) Maude Batie serving those in need in Highland Park. Volunteers will be painting, cleaning and yard work. If you are able, please bring gloves, painting...

She says it was God. Who are we to argue? Forty years ago, Maude Batie was walking down 12th Street, a street that would one day be renamed Rosa Parks Boulevard, when a voice spoke to her as if it were coming from her chest.”It told me to inquire about this...